If the Assembly polls in Bihar, which returned the Nitish Kumar government to power by a landslide, seemed far more civilised and richer in democratic spirits than all past elections in the state, the biggest credits go to the Election Commission of India (EC), say both political observers and ordinary citizens.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar worked hard to improve the terrifying image of the state’s police force during his first term, but the ongoing celebrations for his return to power by a landslide seem to have put policemen too much in a high.

In a ceremony matched in grandeur by the NDA’s landslide victory in Bihar, JD(U) stalwart Nitish Kumar was on Friday sworn in as the transitional state’s 32nd chief minister in front of tens of thousa

Bihar is all set to see the formal beginning of a promising “Nitish Raj-II” after the Assembly polls blew out the final flickering possibilities of a return of Lalu Raj. JD(U) stalwart Nitish Kumar, the victorious head of the state’s NDA government, would be sworn in as chief minister on Friday.

While the momentous mandate in Bihar on Wednesday brought out the distinctive humility and humour in victorious chief minister Nitish Kumar, it saw his arch-rival and former strongman Lalu Prasad Yada

In an overpowering replay of the winter of hope of five years ago, Bihar’s ruling NDA on Wednesday returned to power with an extraordinary three-fourth majority in the Assembly as the state’s people reposed their faith in JD(U) stalwart and chief minister Nitish Kumar’s politics of positive change.

Widely believed to be heading to a comfortable victory in Bihar’s just-concluded Assembly polls, chief minister Nitish Kumar displayed his characteristic equanimity as he spoke a day before votes are

The deadly combination of Maoist plans to derail Bihar’s Assembly elections and alleged neglect by the state police brought violent death to seven innocent schoolchildren and a man in Aurangabad distr

The deadly combination of the Maoists’ plans to derail Bihar’s Assembly polls and the alleged neglect by the state police brought violent death to seven innocent schoolchildren and a man in Aurangabad

Even as the exit polls heralded the return of Nitish Kumar’s NDA government to power in Bihar and leaders of the JD(U) and the BJP grew more exuberant three days before votes are to be counted, RJD ch